We took a summer junt up to Utah to celebrate the 24th of July and to attend a family reunion.  We also went camping at Dalton Springs in the Manti-La Sal National Forest.  When we lived in Maryland, we camped at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. There are showers, hot water and flush toilets.  Here in the west, no flush toilets.  There is a nice building with a pit toilet inside.  I have Crohn’s disease so toilets are a major part of my life.  Because Bill cares so  much for me, he got me my very own privacy tent and travel potty.  I have an aversion to pit toilets.  I am afraid I might fall in or something might come out, so having my own outhouse was great.  We were able to take showers at Bill’s mom’s house which was nice.  It’s only five miles down the mountain to her house.  We had family eating dinner with us every night and Bill’s sister, Melanie and her kids stayed with us for the majority of the week.  It was a lot of fun.  We had a strange encounter with a deer or I should say Bill did.  There was a doe that seemed to hang out at the campground.  We would see her every day.  One morning she came up while we were eating breakfast and just stood there.  Then later in the afternoon she got brave and tried to eat a cookie off of the table.  The same afternoon while Bill was in the hammock he looked up and saw whiskers.  Yep, it was the deer sniffing him.  Sorry no pictures on that one.  Couldn’t grab the camera fast enough, but it really did happen.  We enjoyed the 24th of July parade. The kids loved it because they get candy and other fun treats.  The family reunion was great and was capped off with Grandpa Hurst singing some songs to the delight of all in attendance.  We are enjoying being so close to our families and look forward to making many more memories.